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Six Hills Leicestershire Map

Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Charnwood · Region: East Midlands

Explore Six Hills, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Six Hills map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Six Hills, Leicestershire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceSix Hills
Traditional CountyLeicestershire
District / BoroughCharnwood
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.781543
Longitude-1.047886
Place TypeHamlet

About Six Hills

Six Hills marks a quiet intersection of old Roman routes where the horizon stretches wide across the Leicestershire plains. It lies 5.8 miles north of Syston (from Syston: bearing 10°T, OS grid SK 643 208), and is situated west-north-west of Ragdale village. The landscape here possesses a stark, open quality, where the pale light of late afternoon catches the stubble of harvested fields and lends a metallic glint to the nearby Twenty Acre Piece SSSI. A traveller passing through Six Hills might notice how the wind carries a persistent, restless energy, unimpeded by the low-lying hedges that divide the heavy clay soil. The proximity of the ancient Fosse Way remains a silent witness to centuries of transit, anchoring the identity of Six Hills to the steady pulse of travellers long departed. Further afield, the distant profile of Wood’s Hill breaks the monotony of the flat horizon, offering a subtle variation in the relief of the land. The rhythm of daily life here follows the slow turning of the seasons, dictated more by the demands of the surrounding arable acres than by the frantic pace of the modern world. In this corner of the East Midlands, the earth retains a gravity that suggests a history deeper than the current road signs imply.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Twenty Acre Piece Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.1 mi, 343° NNW · 8 ha
  • Churchyard Cross, All Saints' Churchyard (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 118° ESE
  • Monastic Grange And Water Control Features Immediately South Of Thrussington Grange (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 177° S · 7 ha
  • Wood's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.3 mi, 047° NE
  • The Green (Park) — 2.5 mi, 048° NE
  • River Mantle (River) — 2.5 mi, 306° NW
  • Park Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.6 mi, 202° SSW
  • Saxon Cemetery Sw Of Broughton Lodge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 010° N · 2 ha
  • Willoughby Community Park (Park) — 2.9 mi, 354° N
  • River Wreake (River) — 2.9 mi, 140° SE
  • Wymeswold Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 302° WNW
  • Eel Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 347° NNW
  • Frisby Marsh Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.5 mi, 129° SE · 10 ha
  • Prestwold Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.8 mi, 275° W · 88 ha
  • Kirby Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 112° ESE
  • Black Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.5 mi, 188° S
  • Priory Water (Wetland) — 4.6 mi, 109° ESE
  • Soar Valley (Valley) — 4.9 mi, 231° SW
  • Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 231° SW
  • Stonehurst Motor Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 231° SW
  • Old Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 5.8 mi, 325° NW
  • Syston Heritage Area (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 192° SSW
  • Manor Farm & Woodlands (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 300° WNW
  • Loughborough Central (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 262° W
  • John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 265° W
  • Melton Theatre (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 099° E
  • Live! Loughborough (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 264° W
  • The Old Rectory Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 266° W
  • The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (Scheduled Monument) (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 102° ESE
  • Fearon Fountain (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 264° W

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About This Six Hills Map Page

Explore Six Hills, Leicestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.781543, -1.047886. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.